Trouble connecting to Xbox live

opr

I have looked at loads of tutorials etc and i can't seem to find what i should be doing or if i can at all do what i am trying.

Just got an xbox and trying to connect to live.

I have a ethernet cable that goes directly into the back of my computer. I have to take this connection and put it into the back of the xbox(no wireless connecton on desktop). This means i have no internet on the computer once i do this.

The xbox connects ok but the ip address fails ?

Can someone help me out or point me in the direction of a guide for this please ?

Thanks

Opr

Axwell

Why do you have to use the same cable, didnt your xbox come with a cable and cant you plug that into your router? have a look here as regards some issues you might be having with portforwarding, look for your make of router and then on the list of applications xbox live.
http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/routerindex.htm

opr

Axwell wrote: »

Why do you have to use the same cable, didnt your xbox come with a cable and cant you plug that into your router? have a look here as regards some issues you might be having with portforwarding, look for your make of router and then on the list of applications xbox live.
http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/routerindex.htm

The xbox did come with the cable but i only have a box with a connection going to the antenna outside and a connection from the box to the computer.

I can't make a second connection as this box only has the one connection hence why i have to unplug the connection from my computer to plug it into the xbox

Edit - i presume this means i don't have a router.

Opr

mgsrocks

opr wrote: »

The xbox did come with the cable but i only have a box with a connection going to the antenna outside and a connection from the box to the computer.

I can't make a second connection as this box only has the one connection hence why i have to unplug the connection from my computer to plug it into the xbox

Edit - i presume this means i don't have a router.

Opr

Not sure how to fix the ip address proplem, but you can use ICS to hook your xbox to your pc and that to the internet. That way you dont need to plug out your pc's connection everytime. You will need another ethernet cable though.

EDIT: Scratch that, your pc has to have wireless for that to work.

Axwell

mgsrocks wrote: »

Not sure how to fix the ip address proplem, but you can use ICS to hook your xbox to your pc and that to the internet. That way you dont need to plug out your pc's connection everytime. You will need another ethernet cable though.

EDIT: Scratch that, your pc has to have wireless for that to work.

You need two network cards so not an option. Is your ip address static? If it is go into the system blade and set the ip address and subnet mask in there to what they should be instead of using automatic.

T-max

opr wrote: »

The xbox did come with the cable but i only have a box with a connection going to the antenna outside and a connection from the box to the computer.

I can't make a second connection as this box only has the one connection hence why i have to unplug the connection from my computer to plug it into the xbox

Edit - i presume this means i don't have a router.

Opr

You could add in a Belkin Router unit (They are about 56e) which will give you 4 ethernet ports allowing you to plug in x-box and PC at same time.

opr

Thanks guys i went with the router idea as it makes sense since i use the net connection loads and often in a few different rooms. Working perfectly.

Xbox store sucks !

Opr

opr

I am trying to setup the xbox to stream stuff from my PC.

It is connecting to live no problem. Both machines are connected through a router.

I am using WM11 when i click on sharing. Its shows my xbox 360 here so i just click on it and hit allow sharing.

When i go to computer in the media section of the xbox the computer says - FAILED.

Anyone suggest anything else i need to do please ?

Thanks
Opr

opr

I got this sorted i did the port forwarding thing on my router and this seems to have sorted it.

Opr